THE LEGAL AFTERMATH: CITIZEN NIXON AND THE LAW

For Richard Nixon, the sacrifice
of his office very likely will not bring even a week of surcease.
Within minutes of the resignation speech, Leon Jaworski pointedly
announced that so far as Nixon's immunity from criminal prosecution was
concerned, "the special prosecutor's office was not asked for any
. . . and offered none." The next day, when reporters asked about
the possibility of a future pardon should Nixon need one, new Press
Secretary J.F. terHorst reiterated Gerald Ford's response at his
vice-presidential confirmation hearing: "I do not think the public...